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With so many new and exciting things going on in your 20s, it’s easy to put your finances on the back burner. And that could lead to big mistakes – unless you have some tricks up your sleeve. When you’re…

It’s that time of the year when many of us take stock of how the year went, our accomplishments as well as our challenges, and determine a set of new resolutions for the coming New Year. Some of the more…

We all make mistakes. It’s true: we do all make mistakes. Maybe we turned left when we should’ve turned right, or we put too much salt in the potatoes; perhaps we even locked ourselves out of the house more than…

Would you describe yourself or your family as being financially healthy? What exactly does that mean? I asked several friends and colleagues how they would define someone as being “financially healthy.” While the responses varied (most notably by age or…

When is the best time to start establishing a healthy credit history? Although your length of credit history accounts for 15% of a FICO® Score, your payment history accounts for 35% of that score. That means even if you might…

Managing your personal finances can be a challenging undertaking for some people. Lack of time, not being comfortable with money and getting confused by unfamiliar terms and concepts are several reasons why some people avoid making important financial decisions.

New Years is the perfect time to start fresh – change those bad habits into good ones and make this year the best one yet. From healthier eating and more exercising to less spending and wiser personal finance choices, we’ve…

We’ve all been there… a job loss, medical bills, credit card debt or an unexpected expense. Just one of these situations is all it could take to send us flying into a whirlwind of financial stress and worry. This ends…

You probably already knew this intuitively (for example, you might have read that paragraph above and said, “of course they’re connected, Jeanne!”). In spite of this, people are frequently surprised when I suggest that our health and our credit are…

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